ISLAMABAD, 21 November 2021, (TON): Pakistan has rebuffed the reports carried by a section of Indian media claiming "seizure of possible radioactive material" on shipping containers of a commercial vessel loaded from Karachi port.

Foreign Office Spokesperson Asim Iftikhar Ahmed said in a statement “we have noted the reports in the Indian media about seizure of possible radioactive material by Indian port authorities at the Mundra Port on containers loaded on a Shanghai bound commercial vessel from Karachi Port.”

In this regard, the Karachi nuclear power plant authorities have informed that these were “empty containers” being returned to China which were earlier used for the transportation of fuel from China to Karachi for K-2 and K-3 nuclear power plants, he explained.

The statement further added “both K-2 and K-3 nuclear power plants and fuel used in these plants are under the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards.”

The FO communiqué said the cargo was correctly declared non-hazardous in the shipping documents.